ASN Aircraft accident CANT Z.506 I-RODI Benghazi
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Date:Thursday 24 September 1936
Type:Silhouette image of generic z506 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
CANT Z.506
Operator:Ala Littoria
Registration: I-RODI
MSN: 301
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:off Benghazi (   Libya)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Engine fire, struck ship mast during attempt to land, then sunk. Only radio operator escaped.
The airplane operated on a flight from Asmara to Rome, carrying mail of the Italian troops at war in Ethiopia.

Sources:
» Air mail cover
» Pre-War register from Italy (Air-Britain)


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